(Sustantivo – Femenino)
Instrumento tradicional dominicano que se usa para tocar merengue, tiene forma cilíndrica y su superficie esta cubierta de hoyos, parecido a un guaya-queso.
(Noun – Feminine)
Traditional Dominican instrument used to play merengue, it has a cylindrical shape and is covered in holes that ressemble those of a cheese-grater.
Ejemplos (Examples):
No existe merengue tradicional sin güira.
There is no such thing as traditional merengue without a güira.
Tocar la güira es mas difícil de lo que parece.
Playing the güira is a lot harder than it seems.
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